Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-56518

CriticalRCE

Published: 17 April 2025

Published
17 April 2025
Modified
07 July 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0188 83.6th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-56518 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Hazelcast Management Center. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 16.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Hazelcast Management Center through 6.0 allows remote code execution via a JndiLoginModule user.provider.url in a hazelcast-client XML document (aka a client configuration file), which can be uploaded at the /cluster-connections URI.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

hazelcast
management center
≤ 6.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-94

Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.

addresses: CWE-94

Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.

addresses: CWE-94

Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.

addresses: CWE-94

Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.

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